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How about they stop teaching about God or evolution as fact and teach what a theory is, like exactly what a "theory" in its most basic terms really means, then just associate the theory of God, ID, Evolution and of course FSM etc.

Once kids know they can decide and choose what theory they want to believe and try and understand, they'll also be aware that they can in fact change their minds when new evidence comes to light rather then continuing to push 'facts' into other's heads.

It's strange because even in science class, we're still taught that things like gravity are fact. Accepting it as fact, means for most people, some other theories, such as quantum physics just melt their brain when they're trying to even understand the basics because it changes everything they've thought as fact.

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[quote name='Ice_Blue' timestamp='1354326240' post='595361076']
If they don't believe that gravity is a fact, then you can always ask them to jump out of the window when they're on the fifteenth floor.
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Some believe that they'll get 72 virgin wives in heaven if they did that... go figure.

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[quote name='sagum' timestamp='1354325293' post='595361052']
How about they stop teaching about God or evolution as fact and teach what a theory is, like exactly what a "theory" in its most basic terms really means, then just associate the theory of God, ID, Evolution and of course FSM etc.

Once kids know they can decide and choose what theory they want to believe and try and understand, they'll also be aware that they can in fact change their minds when new evidence comes to light rather then continuing to push 'facts' into other's heads.

It's strange because even in science class, we're still taught that things like gravity are fact. Accepting it as fact, means for most people, some other theories, such as quantum physics just melt their brain when they're trying to even understand the basics because it changes everything they've thought as fact.
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God does'nt fit into the theory category.

[quote name='sagum' timestamp='1354379797' post='595361914']
Some believe that they'll get 72 virgin wives in heaven if they did that... go figure.
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Gravity is a theory, a theory based on facts, like evolution is as well. 72 virgins, like god, do not fit into the area of a theory.

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[quote]
It's strange because even in science class, we're still taught that things like gravity are fact.
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Gravity, the physical phenomenon, is an observable fact. The theory of gravity attempts to explain the how and why.
Evolution is an observable fact. The theory of evolution attempts to explain the how and why.

[quote name='sagum' timestamp='1354325293' post='595361052']
How about they stop teaching about God or evolution as fact and teach what a theory is, like exactly what a "theory" in its most basic terms really means, then just associate the theory of God, ID, Evolution and of course FSM etc.
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(Good) schools do teach exactly what a scientific theory is. And the "theory of god" isn't a scientific theory. It's an untested, unsubstantiated hypothesis, as is the FSM.

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[quote name='jakem1' timestamp='1354427238' post='595363018']
I don't think the teaching of evolution is much of an issue in this country. A bigger problem is the state funding of religious, selective schools.
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Indeed, it is very much an American thing. To the extent that evolution denial (in 2012...) exists in the UK, it is mostly from muslim immigrants and, to a lesser extent, imported American influence.